Dulcamara
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Dulcamara
Bitter-sweet. Solanaceae.
Adapted to persons of phlegmatic scrofulous constitutions; restless, irritable.
Catarrhal rheumatism or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by exposure to cold, damp, rainy weathe=f. or sudden changes in hot weather (Bry.).
Increased secretion of mucous membranes; perspiration being suppressed from cold.
Patients living or working in a damp, cold basement, or a milk dairy (Aran., Ars., Nat. s.).
Mental confusion; cannot find the right word for anything.
Skin is delicate, sensitive to cold, liable to eruptions, especially urticaria ; every time patient takes cold or is long exposed to cold.
Anasarca ; after ague, rheumatism, scarlet fever.
Dropsy : after suppressed sweat ; suppressed eruptions ; exposure to cold.
Diarrhoea : from taking cold in damp places, or during damp, foggy weather; change from warm to cold weather (Bry.).
Catarrhal ischuria in grown-up children, with milky urine; from wading with bare feet in cold water; involuntary.
Rash before the menses (Con. — during profuse menses, Bell., Graph.).
Urticaria over whole body, no fever; itching burns after scratching; < in warmth, > in cold.
Thick, brown-yellow crusts on scalp, face, forehead, temples, chin; with reddish borders, bleeding when scratched.
Warts, fleshy, large, smooth; on face or back of hands and fingers (Thuja).
Kali s.
Incompatible: with, Acet. ac.. Bell., Lc
Should not be used before or after.
Follows well : after, Cal., Bry., Lyc., Rhus, Sep.
Similar : to, Mer. in ptyalism, glandular swellings, bronchitis, diarrhoea ; susceptibility to weather changes ; night pains; to. Kali s. the chemical analogue.
For the bad effects or abuse of Mercury.
Aggravation. — From cold in general; cold air; cold, wet weather ; suppressed menstruation, eruptions, sweat.
Amelioration. — From moving about (Fer., Rhus).
What the other books say about Dulcamara
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Dulcamara in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Dulcamara in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
- Dulcamara in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Dulcamara in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Dulcamara — Keynotes, pp. 118–121. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/dulcamara. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.